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- Dictionarydacoity/dəˈkɔɪti/
noun
- 1. (in India or Burma (Myanmar)) an act of violent robbery committed by an armed gang: "an increase in the number of dacoities in buses"
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Dacoity is a term used for "banditry" in the Indian subcontinent. The spelling is the anglicised version of the Hindi word डाकू (ḍākū); "dacoit" is a colloquial Indian English word with this meaning. It appears in the Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases (1903). Banditry is a criminal activity involving robbery by groups of armed bandits. The East India Company established the Thu... Wikipedia